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Tutorial - Creating A One-Line Diagram

This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a basic one-line diagram in EasyPower software. It describes how to add buses, a transformer, cables, motors, a utility, and feeder breakers to a new one-line diagram. Tips are included for moving, sizing, and entering data for the different equipment items. The tutorial concludes by explaining how to zoom out to view the entire completed one-line diagram.

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Tutorial - Creating A One-Line Diagram

This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a basic one-line diagram in EasyPower software. It describes how to add buses, a transformer, cables, motors, a utility, and feeder breakers to a new one-line diagram. Tips are included for moving, sizing, and entering data for the different equipment items. The tutorial concludes by explaining how to zoom out to view the entire completed one-line diagram.

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TutorialCreatingaOneline

Thistutorialdescribesthebasicstepstocreateaoneline.Formoredetailedinstructions,referto"MakingOneLine
Diagrams"inHelp.
AfterstartingEasyPower,clickFile>New>NewOnelinetoopenablankonelinediagraminthesessionwindow.
Tip:IfyouareviewingtheStartPage,youcanclickNewtoopenablankoneline.
TheEasyPowersessionwindowdisplaystheEasyPowerprogramoptions.Theinnerareaofthewindowdisplaysadditional
windowssuchastheStartPage,onelines,orthedevicelibrary.Youcanhaveoneormultiplewindowsopenintheinner
area.Clickthe

Maximizebuttonontheupperrightcornerofthesessionwindowtomakethewindowillyourscreen.

Figure1:EasyPowerSession

AddingBusestotheOneline
Thecentralequipmenttypeofeveryonelineisthebus.Abusdeinestheconnectionpointfortwoormorepiecesof
equipment.Equipmentitemswhicharenotyetconnectedtoabusarehighlightedinred.
Toaddabustotheoneline,click
BusintheEquipmentPaletteorInserttab.Thepointerchangestotheshapeofa
busasyoumovebacktotheoneline.Clickonthelocationwhereyouwanttopositionthebus.Youcancontinueadding
busesinthiswayuntilyouclickonanotherpalettebutton.
Placebusesinthedrawingasshownbelowbyclickingtheleftmousebuttonanddraggingeachbustotheoneline.
Tip:YoucansetadefaultbasekVfornewbusesbyselectingTools>Equipment>Bus.

Figure2:InsertingBuses

AdjustingBusSizesandLocations
Withthepointersetasaselectionarrow,youcanmoveandsizethebuses.YoumovebusesorIDnamesbydraggingthem
withtheleftmousebutton.
Whenyoubringthepointerclosetoabus,afourheadedarrow

appears.Leftclickanddragtomovethebus.

Whenyoumovethepointerclosetotheeitherendofthebus,adoubleheadedarrowappears.Changethesizeofa
busbydraggingeitherendofitwiththeleftmousebutton.Youcanevenshrinkittoasingledotornodesothatit
takesuplessroom.
Afterexperimentingwithmovingandsizingthebuses,arrangethemasshownbelow.

Figure3:MovingandSizingBuses

EnteringBuskVData
Whenyouaddabustotheoneline,youmustprovidethekVofthatbusbeforeyoucanattachanythingtoit.Youcaneither
setadefaultkVaheadoftime(beforeaddingthebustotheoneline)byclickingTools>Equipment>Busandspecifying

thebasekV,oryoucansetitafterwardbydoubleclickingonthebustobringupitsdatadialogbox.
Enterthebusdatabydoubleclickingoneachofthebussymbolswiththeselectpointer .TheBusDatadialogboxis
displayedeachtimeandyoucanenterthebasekVforthebusandthenclickOKtosavethechange.Use13.8kVforthetop
busand0.48kVfortheothers.YoucanalsochangetheIDnamestomakethemmoredescriptive.

CopyandPaste
Tosavetimewhenenteringsimilarequipmentitems,youcancopyandpastetheequipmentdata.Todothis:
1.Usethepointer toselecttheequipmentitemwiththathastheinformationyouwanttocopy.Theitemturnsgreen
toindicatethatitisselected.
2.Click

Copy.

3.Selectadifferentitem(orgroupofitems).Youcandragaselectionboxaroundagroupofitemstoselectmultiple
items.Don'tworryifyouincludeothertypesofequipmentinyourselectionareaonlytheinformationforsimilar
equipmentgetscopied.
4.Click

Paste.Notethattheinformationfromtheirstitemiscopiedtotheselectedequipmentitems.

AddingaTransformer
1.Click TwoWindingTransformerontheEquipmentPaletteorInserttabthepointerchangestoatwo
windingtransformersymbol.
2.Placethetransformerbypositioningthetransformerpointer'stopleaderonthetopbusandclickingonce.The
transformerautomaticallyattachestothebus,andthetophalfofthesymbolturnsblack.Ifyoumiss(the
transformerdoesn'tconnectandremainsred),switchbacktotheselectpointer
intoposition.

ifneededanddragthesymbol

Figure4:AddingaTransformer
3.Withtheselectpointer active,usetheleftmousebuttontodragthetransformer'sremainingleadertothemiddle
bus(seeigureabove).Thetransformerstaysreduntilitisconnected.Afteritconnects,youcandragthetransformer
symbolupsoitiscenteredbetweenthetwobuses,ifneeded.
4.Doubleclickonthetransformertoenterthetransformerdata.Importantentriesarenotedwitharedexclamation
mark.Youcanstillsavethedatawithoutthoseentriesbeingmade,butwillnotbeabletoperformanalysisuntilthe
entriesarecomplete.UsetheCalculatebuttonstohaveEasyPowercalculatevaluesforyou.ClickOKwheninished.

AddingCables
1.Click CableontheEquipmentPalettethepointerchangesintoacrosshair.Putthecrosshaironthemiddlebus
andclicktheleftmousebutton(butdon'treleaseityet).Thissetsoneendoftheline.Nowdragthecrosshairtothe

leftbottombus(asshownintheigurebelow)andreleasethemousebutton.Thisplacesthecable.

Figure5:AddingCables
2.Repeatthisfortheothercables.Notethatyoucanmovethecablesbydraggingthemwiththeselectpointer.
3.Doubleclickonthecablestoentercabledata.

AddingMotors
1.Click

MotorontheEquipmentPalettethepointerchangesintoamotorsymbol.

2.Placetheirstmotorbypositioningthemotorpointer'sleaderonthebottomleftbusandclicking.Themotor
automaticallyattachestothebus,andthesymbolturnsblack.Ifyoumiss(themotordoesn'tconnectandturnsred),
dragthesymbolintopositionafterpressingthebutton.
3.Continuebyattachingasecondmotortothebus.
4.Doubleclickoneachofthemotorstoentermotordata.
Tip:Youcancopydatafromonemotortoanotherbyusingthecopyandpastefunctions,asdescribedinCopyand
Paste.

AddingaUtility
1.Click

UtilityontheEquipmentPalettethepointerchangesintoautilitysymbol.

2.Placetheutilitybypositioningtheutilitypointer'sleaderonthetopbusandclicking.
3.Withtheselectpointer

,doubleclickontheutilitytoenterutilitydata.

AddingFeederBreakers
1.Click LVBreakerontheEquipmentPaletteorInserttabthepointerchangesintoalowvoltagebreaker
symbol.
2.Positionthebreakerpointerdirectlyoverafeederline(suchasacableortransformer)andclicktheleftmouse
button(seeigurebelow).Thebreakerisinsertedintotheline.

Figure6:AddingFeederBreakers
3. Ifyoumiss(thebreakerdoesn'tinsertintothelineandremainsred),dragthebreakertothefeederlineandrelease
themousebuttonsothatthebreakerisconnectedtothefeeder.
4. Placelowvoltagebreakersonthefeederlinesbetweentheequipmentitems.
5. Withtheselectpointer,doubleclickonthebreakerstoenterbreakerdata.

ViewingtheEntireOneline
OntheHometab,click

ZoomOutFulltocenteryourentireonelineonyourscreen.

Conclusion
Congratulations!YoujustenteredapowersystemonelinewithEasyPower.Youcanapplywhatyouhavelearnedtoyour
realworldsystems.Foranexampleofalargercompletedoneline,opentheBigger.dezdatabaseintheSamplesdirectory.
YoucanexperimentrunninganalysiswiththisilebyselectingtheShortCircuit,PowerFlow,orHarmonicsfocuses.
TheEasyPowerHelptopicscoverthisandotherfeaturesingreaterdepth.ToopenHelp,click Helpintheupperright
corneroftheEasyPowerwindoworpressF1.Youcanindadditionaldetailedinstructionsregardingcreatingonelinesin
the"MakingOneLineDiagrams"topic.

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